HACKADAY LINKS: MARCH 12, 2013

Thankfully saved from steampunkers

[Chris] discovered a truly great pocket watch-style multimeter in a box of junk that was passed down from father to son. There aren’t any type of markings on it, so he’s looking for any type of info he can get on it. It’s a great piece of vintage tech in any type of occasion; inspect out the pics he sent in below:

Here’s a repair for your unlawful stuff

[Don] ‘acquired’ one of those China-only Raspberry Pis, however after plugging it in, only the power light would stay on. The fix, apparently, is putting these three files in the /boot folder of a Red Pi SD card.

Not a pocket watch

[Tom] chosen up an old DC volt meter in an antiques shop. He quickly gutted it to make an analog meter screen for his Raspberry Pi. There’s  a few condition lights to remind [Tom] of something he hasn’t figured out yet. benefit points for a affordable buck boost converter, though.

Smashing monitors? Într-adevăr?

The Meriden, CT hackerspace, the New England society of info as well as Technology, was vandalized last week. They’re dealing with some genuine punks here; their computers weren’t stolen, they were just smashed. NESIT is looking for donations (both money as well as equipment), so if you have a few screens or old boxxen as well as online around there, think about contributing them.

Help a guy out here.

[Jonathan] is a genuine great dude that’s working on his master’s thesis on methods to develop a sustainable business with the advancement of open source hardware. He wants you to take a survey. exactly how do we understand he’s cool? He had something published on had back when we had the old black as well as white as well as scotch tape images.

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